Neil shared a clip of him and Katya jiving around the iconic ballroom as crowds cheered, captioning the post: ‘Tonight is the last @bbcstrictly show before Blackpool and I know everyone wants to get there but who do you want to make it?

‘For me Blackpool is a very emotional place because it’s where I first met @mrs_katjones and we went on to win 13 Blackpool titles together over 10 years.’

The video, which has so far received over 40,138 views, captured the attention of a number of past Strictly contestants, with Gemma Atkinson commenting: ‘That’s almost as good as my Blackpool American Smooth.’

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Holby City’s Joe McFadden added: ‘I recognise some of those steps from our jive. You do them better than me obvs.’

However, despite the interest from his A-list following Neil didn’t get a comment or a like from his wife of five years, Katya.

Katya and her dance partner Seann were voted off the Beeb competition two weekends ago after failing to impress the judges with their Viennese waltz, making them the fifth couple to leave.

At the time, Seann said: ‘When you watch it and hear people at the end say this has been the best experience in my life…you don’t really believe, but this has been without a doubt the best experience of my life.

‘Probably bar the last few weeks. But generally speaking, from the beginning it really was. I can’t believe it, it’s been amazing.’

He then turned to Katya, adding the experience had been a ‘dream come true and that’s because of you.’